Xie Ming

Chapter 239: Baoding's Victory! Battle Casualty Statistics

There is a bright future!

Outside the northern gate, in the Jiannu rear camp, the joint harassment and attack by Li Huchen and Xu Baoyi finally disrupted the enemy's morale, and they hastily retreated northward!

On the city wall in front of the pass, Xiao Jingchuan looked out and took a few deep breaths, feeling extremely disappointed!

Afterwards, he collected his thoughts, thought calmly, and felt that it was feasible to attack while taking advantage of the victory, so he immediately gave the order.

"Pei Zhong! You must inspect the entire defense on the city wall. Don't be careless. Quickly reorganize the guard and be careful of the enemy soldiers' trickery and counterattacks!" Xiao Lang ordered.

"Yes! I understand!" Peizhong was excited and bowed to accept the order.

"As for me, I will go down to the city right now, organize some people, and immediately go out of the city to chase after the enemy!"

"If we are any later, the enemy soldiers will have already run away!"

As he talked and laughed, Xiao Jingchuan stood up from the parapet, turned around and was about to leave.

When Peizhong heard the general's words, he was stunned.

"Ah? What did you say?!"

"General!"

"No, no! This won't do!"

"How can you go out of the city and take risks yourself?!"

"What if, what if the enemy's withdrawal is false and they set up an ambush? What shall we do then?"

"This, this won't do. You, you can't go!"

"Besides, we are now in front of the North Gate, where can we mobilize troops to pursue them?!"

Peizhong is a steady, cautious person who never takes risks!

And now, the general wants to go there in person. How can this be tolerated?

Sui Peizhong took two steps forward, grabbed Xiao Jingchuan in his hand, and shook his head, refusing to let go.

"oops!"

"You, Peizhong, Peizhong!"

"You are now a general with over a thousand men, why are you still acting like this?!"

"What a shame it would be if your subordinates saw it!"

"Ugh!"

"Don't always look so hapless and afraid of everything!"

"I said I was leaving the city to pursue him, but that was just to create momentum!"

"These past few days, we've been getting beaten up by those bastards outside!"

"You don't mind being aggrieved, but I've had enough!"

"It's not too much to lead people to kill and vent the anger, right?!"

"It just happened. I didn't order the Death Star to mobilize Li Hongsheng's troops!"

"I think by now, you should at least bring a few hundred people from the west section to me, right?!"

"They are all surrendered soldiers, easy to recruit but difficult to lead. I will take them out to exercise their hands and feet, which will boost their morale!"

"There are so many benefits!"

After Xiao Lang explained what was going on, he started struggling with Pei Zhong, almost trying to break free from his restraints.

"Ouch!"

"Pei Zhong, if you keep pestering me, don't blame me for getting serious!!"

"Oh, I, like this!"

"I led the troops out and only chased Hu Chen and Xu Baoyi, which was only a few hundred steps away. You could see them from the tower at this distance!"

"Is this okay?!"

"I will never move forward again!"

Xiao Lang was making a fuss and Peizhong didn't know what to say for a moment, so he let his guard down, relaxed, and released his strength.

Seeing the situation, Xiao Jingchuan pulled himself out, laughed loudly, and ran towards the road!

A few moments!

Xiao Lang mounted his horse and held a sword in front of the north gate of the city!

Behind him, Sangmenxing arrived with 300 men from Xiguan. Qin Jing, a young general under Li Hongsheng, also joined the team.

Just look at Xiao Jingchuan leading the charge, drawing his sword and waving his hand!
Several soldiers rushed out from both wings and opened the north gate of Baoding City.

Seeing the opportunity, Xiao Lang sat on his horse and shouted orders.

"Soldiers!"

"The enemy is defeated! Follow me out of the city and give chase!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

As soon as he gave the order, the soldiers behind him shouted and killed, shaking the sky!
For a moment, the atmosphere was full of vigor and momentum was overwhelming!

This team, roaring and shouting, rushed out of the city gate like an arrow!
Now outside the city, the enemy soldiers have fled, but there are still some slow stragglers who have not escaped in time!

Xiao Lang was riding a white horse, which was galloping wildly, charging forward!

Xiao Jingchuan was on top of it, slashing left and right with a knife.

Even the Jiannu Yi Ding, who was the last one to be killed by Le Ge, was now fleeing in panic, without the same fighting spirit he had when he came!

As for the newly surrendered Han soldiers from western Ji, they were more like a group of rats crossing the street and were completely vulnerable!
Behind Xiao Lang, Qin Jing, a young general under Qi Li Hongsheng, is also quite skilled!

At this moment, this guy brandished a long knife and beat the drowned dog! The killing was also very enjoyable!

So far!

The offensive and defensive battles in Baoding Prefecture over the past few days finally ended with a great victory for the Xiao family army!

The outcome has been decided, the winner has been determined, victory has been declared! A great victory!

At the same time there!

Ajige led his remaining defeated troops, the army was in great chaos, and with food and grass cut off, they had no choice but to flee far to the north!

On the way of retreat, Bartong and Wu Sangui also advised their leader Ajige, who finally decided that the entire army should return home and go straight to the capital to reorganize the troops before making further plans.

Just before dawn on the eighth day, the enemy soldiers returned to the North Return Team, throwing away their weapons and armor, looking dejected and in a state of disarray.
It can be said that he fled in panic and suffered a complete defeat!

[Summary of the number of troops lost in the overall offensive and defensive battle of Baoding Prefecture between the enemy and us! ]

[Ming Army-In the Xiao Family Army! ]

[Sun Peizhong's troops: 1871 (remaining remnants) - 663 (decisive battle casualties) = 1208 (final remnants)]

[Li Huchen's troops: 1076 (remaining remnants) - 345 (decisive battle casualties) = 731 (final remnants)]

[Xu Jizu's troops: 130 people (remaining remnants) - 12 (seriously injured and died after returning to the city) = 118 people (final remnants)]

[Liu Wenbing + Gong Yonggu's combined forces: 880 people (remaining remnants) - 6 (battle casualties) = 874 people (final remnants)]

[Li Hongsheng's troops: 815 people (remaining remnants) - 176 (decisive battle casualties) = 639 people (final remnants)]

[Wang Chuanwu's troops: 684 (remaining remnants) - 362 (decisive battle casualties) = 322 people (final remnants)]

[Ma Minglu's troops (Military Supplies Department): 320 people (remaining remnants) - 189 (decisive battle casualties) = 131 people (final remnants)]

[Xu Baoyi (village militia): 300 people - 26 (decisive battle casualties) = 274 people (final remnants)]

[Total number of soldiers remaining: 4297; number of casualties in the decisive battle: 1779]

[Enemy-Ajige's troops! 】

[Barton Tribe (full): 3200 (original soldiers) - 700 (approximate casualties) = 2500 (final remnants)]

[Lege Tribe (full): 2328 people (remaining remnants) - 1200 (approximate war casualties) = 1128 people (final remnants)]

[Han troops who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty in Jixi (miscellaneous): 7283 people (remaining remnants) - 4000 (approximate war casualties) = 3283 people (remaining remnants)]

[Wu Sangui's troops (Han-Guan Ning Army): 4531 (remaining remnants) - 500 (approximate casualties) = 4031 (remaining remnants)]

[Total number of soldiers remaining: 10942; number of casualties in the decisive battle: 6400]

The east is getting bright!

At dawn on the eighth day, at 4:30 am.

After Xiao Jingchuan led his troops out of the city, he cleared out the remaining enemies on the battlefield outside the pass.

Don’t chase the poor bandits!

Xiao Lang did not act recklessly. He rode his horse and chased them to within two miles, where he saw the two teams of Hu Chen and Xu Baoyi and stopped!

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